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Formerly known as State Fair Stadium and Fairgrounds Stadium, it is the site of the annual Independence Bowl post-season college football game, initially the Bicentennial Bowl. Before that, it was the home venue of the Shreveport Steamer of the short-lived World Football League (1974–75).
Fair Grounds Field was a baseball stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, located next to Independence Stadium on the Louisiana State Fair Grounds just off Interstate 20. Fair Grounds Field opened in 1986 and underwent renovations in 1999, 2009, and 2011. The stadium had a seating capacity of 4,200 people.
The Red River State Fair Classic (formerly the State Fair Classic and, more recently, the Shreveport Classic) was an American college football game played annually in Shreveport, Louisiana, at Independence Stadium—formerly called State Fair Stadium—during the State Fair of Louisiana.
Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux issued a statement Friday regarding an ongoing lawsuit between the city and Friends of Fairgrounds, LLC. According to a press release from Arceneaux's office, there ...
What were the City's plans when the Shreveport City Council voted to declare Fair Grounds Field as surplus property on May 10, 2022? ... the State Agricultural Building, the Boys and Girls Club ...
Friends of Fairgrounds Field filed suit against the City of Shreveport and Henderson Construction on Sept. 9, 2022 for demolition of Fair Grounds Field.
Hirsch Memorial Coliseum [1] is 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Shreveport, Louisiana, designed by the late local architect Edward F. Neild Jr. (1908–1958) who, with his father in 1937, had designed the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport. The coliseum is named after William Rex Hirsch, a former fair president, manager and treasurer.
Shreveport is the educational, commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region, where Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. It is the location of Centenary College of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana Tech University Shreveport, Southern University at Shreveport, and Louisiana Baptist University.